The
following information was taken from the History of Cumberland and Adams
Counties, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Warner, Beers and Company, 1886, page 447.
Hamiltonban
Township PETER SHIVELY, hotel
keeper, Fairfield, is a native of Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Penn. His grandfather, on his father’s side,
was born in Perry County, Penn., and on his mother’s side his grandfather was a
Revoluntionary soldier, who settled in Chambersburg after the war. His father, Daniel Shively, was born in
Perry County, Penn., in 1780, and came to Chambersburg when a young man, living
there until his death; he died in 1863 at the age of eighty-three. Our subject's mother, nee Elizabeth
Hennaberger, born in Chambersburg in 1786, died there in 1861, aged
seventy-five. They hand nine
children: Catherine, widow of
Emanuel Gipe, living in Harrisburg; Eliza, widow of William Deckert, living in
Blairsville, Indiana Co., Penn.; Maria, widow of Benjamin Keefer, living in
Chambersburg; William, married to Elizabeth Minafee, who died in the spring of
1886 (he lives in Lafayette, Ind.); Indiana, widow of Louis Wamfler, living in
Chambersburg; John, living in Chambersburg, Penn.; Peter, our subject; Susan,
who was married to John McCleary, of Chambersburg, both deceased; and Mary Ann,
who died when quite young. Peter
Shively was born on July 16, 1819 and in his youth learned the trade of a
saddler, which he worked at only a few years. In 1841 he came to Fairfield, and kept hotel for three
years, then the hotel at Gettysburg, known as the “Eagle Hotel,” for three
years, and then he returned to Fairfield, and bought the “Mansion House”
property, which he has ever since conducted. March 19, 1845, Mr. Shively was married to Elizabeth J.
Gelbach, born April 23, 1826, whose ancestry is given in this history book
under the name of John Gelbach.
Our subject and wife have had five children: Laura C., born May 21, 1846, wife of Joseph Sullivan, who is
traveling in the West, while she makes her home with her parents (she has two
sons, one of whom, Charles, is now in the drug store of his uncle in
Waynesboro, and Percy, with an uncle in the produce business in Monrovia, Md.);
and the other children are Mary Elizabeth, born December 12, 1849, wife of J.
Upton Neely, of Fairfield, ex-member of the State Legislature; William M., born
May 11, 1852, died November 21, 1859; George G., born March 20, 1854, married
to Miss Jennie Shaeffer, of Lancaster (he is a physician and druggist in
Waynesboro); and John Charles, born September 1, 1856, died December 7,
1859. Mr. Shively is a member of
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 336, A.F.&A.M., of Gettysburg; also a member of
York Springs Lodge, No 211, I.O.O.F., of Adams County, Penn. He is a member of the Reformed Church
of Fairfield, to the erecting of a church building for which body he
contributed liberally. In politics
he is a Republican.
Gettysburg
Compiler, Tuesday, August 30, 1898
THE
HAND OF DEATH – Peter Shively, one of Fairfield’s oldest citizens, and a man
well known throughout our county, died at his home last Saturday at the age of
79 years, 1 month and 11 days.
General debility due to old age was the cause of death.
The funeral services were conducted on Monday
at Fairfield by Rev. John F. Mackley.
The interment took place here in Evergreen Cemetery with Masonic rites,
Good Samaritan Lodge being present in a body. The bearers were Hon. S. McC. Swope, S. S. Neely, Esq., Geo.
F. Young, James M. Caldwell, Hon W. H. Tipton, and Captain Calvin Gilbert. The deceased is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. J. U. Neely, and Mrs. Sullivan, both of Fairfield. A son, Dr. Geo. Shively, died some
years ago.
Mr. Shively was well known to our older
citizens. In the years 1855 and
1856 he was proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, this place, and resided here for a
time. Many years ago he removed to
Fairfield and conducted the hotel at that place. A few years ago he retired and Wm. H. Gelbach took charge of
the hotel and is now succeeded by Andrew Ramer, the present proprietor. He owned the house in this place now
occupied by Rev. W. S. VanCleve.
Gettysburg
Compiler, Wednesday, March 31, 1909, Page 4, Column 1
MRS.
ELIZABETH J. SHIVELY, widow of Peter Shively, died Tuesday afternoon of last
week, at her home in Fairfield, Adams county, as the result of a fall the
preceeding Sunday, when she sustained internal injuries. Mrs. Shively was descending the stairs
and thought she had reached the floor.
One more step remained and she fell heavily. She remained in a serious condition until her death. She would have been 83 years of age in
a few weeks and was one of the oldest and most respected residents of
Fairfield. Mrs. Shively was a
member of the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Shively was the widow of Peter Shively, who for many years
conducted the hotel in Fairfield and was at one time proprietor of the Eagle
hotel in Gettysburg. She is
survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. U. Neely, of Fairfield and Mrs. Joseph P.
Sullivan, of Dayton, Ohio. The
funeral service was on last Friday with interment in Evergreen Cemetery,
Gettysburg.
Gettysburg
Compiler, Wednesday, April 14, 1909, Page 5, Column 1
--In
recent note of death of Mrs. Elizabeth Shively of Fairfield, we were in error
in stating the she was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Shively was a member of the
Reformed Church of Fairfield and when Andrew Carnegie contributed one half of the
price of an organ for the church, Mrs. Shively contributed one-fourth of the
required amount.
